Does he have a place to live now? Its instructive that he was quite happy with his changed physical appearance. Hopefully this is a case that they follow so truly see if he can turn things around for himself and also hopefully he doesnt have a substance abuse problem, might makes things more difficult, not impossible though.

"*Ministry of Finance has adopted a data-driven approach*"

When I heard this I didnt know what to make of it. Do they mean Finance staffed with accountants, financial analysts and economists, not to mention the highly paid foreign financial consultants, havent been using data for the past 50 years???

I'm still confused.

The Bahamian people are concerned with contract smuggling, that's where people collude to submit overpriced, especially construction and technology contracts, to smuggle money out the treasury. Contracts that should cost 500,000 or less remarkably approved for 5m or more. If we put an aggressive focus on that... 40 contracts is about 200m.

"*people who are into (murder) statistics trouble me*"

Lol. This as PM Davis starts talking about how his govt will focus on data to produce better outcomes. You can't make this up ... well Fred Mitchell also revealed a contradictory PLP "secret"(?) tenet that the govt has no interest in freedom of information, so I guess we shouldnt be surprised.

Lawlessness and disorder. They should never have been allowed to get a foothold there. Remove the shanty stalls from Montagu before that gets out of control too. And fix Carnichael

Our politics does seem to attract a large number of the wheeling dealing type. Its notable that he was a sitting MP when he entered into the 1999 deal

He was made a QC in 2015 by the Perry Christie govt

Tribune 2017 - *Court of Appeal found Elliot Lockhart QC had failed to inform Clifford Dean, who had been convicted of "drug offences", that he was also the president, director and a beneficial owner of the company seeking to acquire the latter's real estate in a $250,000 deal. Mr Lockhart, who was acting for both vendor and purchaser, was also criticised by an earlier Supreme Court verdict over the same transaction, which found he committed "a breach of fiduciary duty" and violated the Bahamas Bar Association's Code of Professional Conduct for failing to disclose his 'conflict of interest'.*

*That verdict by then-justice Neville Adderley, which was not appealed, found in favour of Mr Dean's argument that Mr Lockhart be barred from representing the other party in the case due to his previous 'conflict of interest'. They were subsequently represented by Harvey Tynes QC at the Court of Appeal.*

*The deal in question also occurred in 1999-2000, when Mr Lockhart was the FNM MP for Exuma and Ragged Island, and Mr Dean one of his constituents.*

In 2018 a video of him circulated where he exhibited unusual behaviour at the Exuma airport later admitting that he'd had one or two drinks.

Considering that this fraud conviction was for a 1999 land deal, not sure how he was in a position to execute another high value land transaction.

Irrespective of the outcome on this case he might need counseling, something isnt right.

How is it that all these developers are able to do construction until the wee hours of the morning?? Where is Environmental Protection?? The Adelaide developer was running till 1AM. How is this possible???

Jeff Bezos and William Shatner are astronauts too I guess having also participated a single time in this, or like, paid for passage tourist flight to space

"*The technology embedded in this agreement represents a monumental development in rocket reusability, providing substantial economic advantages to The Bahamas and elevating its status in the global space industry, “said Chester Cooper, deputy prime minister and minister of tourism, investments and aviation.*"

I wonder if they believe the things they write. We have cutting edge technology today at the AUTEC base, I'd like to see what the press statement was when that agreement was signed. *Bahamians will become smarter through osmosis as the US military opens a research centre. This will propel the Bahamas forward.*

**Please stop. The only thing that will propel the Bahamas forward is a plan actually designed to propel the Bahamas forward. Not something that we hope and dream will happen as a byproduct of proximity**

I marvel at the number of agreements we've signed in the past 5 years that were supposed to bring revolutionary changes that were just simply a businessman making money for his company. Remember home porting that got everyone whipped into a frenzy? "*Get your ideas ready!*". Remember the Starlink launch where Bahamians got excited that they could pay Musk for internet services? And the yet to be topped drives of poor Bahamians excited to see Sebas land in a helicopter at the stadium as a show of his wealth.

**This like the Columbus landing all over again**